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Lai, Betty S.; Auslander, Beth A.; Fitzpatrick, Stephanie L.; Podkowirow, Valentina – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Disasters are destructive, potentially traumatic events that affect millions of youth each year. Objective: The purpose of this paper was to review the literature on depressive symptoms among youth after disasters. Specifically, we examined the prevalence of depression, risk factors associated with depressive symptoms, and theories…
Descriptors: Trauma, Literature Reviews, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Pickeral, Terry; Lennon, Tiffani; Elias, Maurice – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2006
This brief addresses how to engage and mobilize young people in order to prepare them for when disaster strikes. Perhaps more importantly, this brief seeks to do so in sustainable ways to avoid desensitizing youth to the effects of disaster, and prevent wavering attention. There are two ways to serve students--help them when disaster strikes their…
Descriptors: Youth, Natural Disasters, Citizen Participation, Student Volunteers